diff --git a/locust/dispatch.py b/locust/dispatch.py
index 9b4ec019a7..a188ae9dd0 100644
--- a/locust/dispatch.py
+++ b/locust/dispatch.py
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ def _ramp_down(self) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, int]]:
             if self._current_user_count == 0 or self._current_user_count <= current_user_count_target:
                 return self._users_on_workers
 
-    # TODO: Test this
     def _distribute_users(
         self, target_user_count: int
     ) -> Tuple[dict, Generator[str, None, None], typing.Iterator["WorkerNode"], List[Tuple["WorkerNode", str]]]:
diff --git a/locust/runners.py b/locust/runners.py
index c8fc297299..617d39fe71 100644
--- a/locust/runners.py
+++ b/locust/runners.py
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ def start(self, user_count: int, spawn_rate: float, wait: bool = False):
                 worker_nodes=[self._local_worker_node], user_classes=self.user_classes
             )
 
-        logger.info("Ramping to %d users using a %.2f spawn rate" % (user_count, spawn_rate))
+        logger.info("Ramping to %d users at a rate of %g per second" % (user_count, spawn_rate))
 
         self._users_dispatcher.new_dispatch(user_count, spawn_rate)
 
@@ -694,8 +694,6 @@ def start(self, user_count: int, spawn_rate: float, **kwargs) -> None:
         self._users_dispatcher.new_dispatch(target_user_count=user_count, spawn_rate=spawn_rate)
 
         try:
-            dispatched_users = None
-
             for dispatched_users in self._users_dispatcher:
                 dispatch_greenlets = Group()
                 for worker_node_id, worker_user_classes_count in dispatched_users.items():
@@ -724,7 +722,6 @@ def start(self, user_count: int, spawn_rate: float, **kwargs) -> None:
                     "Currently spawned users: %s" % _format_user_classes_count_for_log(self.reported_user_classes_count)
                 )
 
-            assert dispatched_users is not None
             self.target_user_classes_count = _aggregate_dispatched_users(dispatched_users)
 
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
@@ -771,12 +768,9 @@ def _wait_for_workers_report_after_ramp_up(self) -> float:
         if match is None:
             assert float(locust_wait_for_workers_report_after_ramp_up) >= 0
             return float(locust_wait_for_workers_report_after_ramp_up)
-
-        if match is not None:
+        else:
             return float(match.group("coeff")) * WORKER_REPORT_INTERVAL
 
-        assert False, "not supposed to reach that"
-
     def stop(self, send_stop_to_client: bool = True):
         if self.state not in [STATE_INIT, STATE_STOPPED, STATE_STOPPING]:
             logger.debug("Stopping...")